"Idol" clocked 45 million views in one day after it premiered on YouTube last Friday -- surpassing a record previously held by Taylor Swift for her 2017 comeback single "Look What You Made Me Do."
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BTS Shatters Record For Biggest YouTube ‘Premiere’ With 1.54 Million Concurrent Viewers
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BTS Surpasses Taylor Swift To Nab Biggest 24-Hour YouTube Video Debut Of All Time
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